This article is from the rec.heraldry FAQ, by Gordon Findlay (gordon@chmeds.ac.nz) and Francois Velde (velde@heraldica.org) with numerous contributions by others.
This subject frequently rears its head in rec.heraldry; it is however well
off charter!
More appropriate newsgroups are soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.celtic,
and alt.scottish.clans (which is badly propagated).
Just remember that there is even more nonsense talked about tartan than is
talked about heraldry.
 
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